America’s middle class continues its downward spiral
This year will be remembered by many as the year the middle class became a marginalized minority. Taken advantage of by Washington, insurance companies and the Federal Reserve, America’s middle class...
View ArticleHow one man fell from middle class to homelessness
Scott Hutchins, 39, a single man and office temp who makes $12.60 an hour at the MTA, falls outside the range of the middle class, despite having a job that once was the ticket to picket fences. So...
View ArticleThe rise and fall of the American middle class
Downward mobility is catching on fast with America’s new economic underdogs — the emerging middle-class minority. The ranks of the American middle class have sunk to a shocking new low. After four...
View ArticleFinancial fears has investors on a stock-selling spree
Sell, sell, sell! America’s affluent middle-class investors embarked on a stock-selling spree in 2015, a stomach-churning sell-off that shows no signs of abating soon, according to a new study. These...
View ArticleScenes from the battle to win working-class votes
It is in the industrial Midwest, not in the South, where Ted Cruz’s audacious theory of the 2016 race was supposed to be put to one of its most important tests. Michigan’s primary on Tuesday — and...
View ArticleState lawmakers consider billion-dollar tax cut
ALBANY — Lawmakers are considering an income-tax cut for couples earning up to $300,000 a year as part of a deal to pass the new $154 billion state budget. “We have a framework of what we call a...
View ArticleAmerica’s middle class is headed toward extinction
In cities across America, the middle class is hollowing out. A widening wealth gap is moving more households into either higher- or lower-income groups in major metro areas, with fewer remaining in the...
View ArticleWhy millennials are forgoing college for blue-collar jobs
Washington Mayancela decided he wanted his life to be degree-free. He joins legions of well-schooled millennials bucking the trend of college, taking often dirty but well-paid blue-collar jobs. Coming...
View ArticleWhy even half the middle class is living paycheck to paycheck
It’s an election year so buzzwords like “income inequality,” “the working poor” and “American dream” are ubiquitous. But there’s one thing politicians aren’t brave enough to say to the American people:...
View ArticleWhy have international adoptions become so agonizing?
“Baby Girls in China Need Loving Home.” That was the headline in a church bulletin that suburban New Yorker Lisa remembers reading around 2006. She went to an informational meeting, met some families...
View ArticleObama’s broken promise to ‘fix broken politics’ and other notable comments
Politics wonk: Barack Obama’s Broken Promise Ten years ago this week, Barack Obama launched his presidential run with an online video in which he made a huge promise, recalls Chris Cillizza in The...
View ArticleNew York’s middle class is getting left behind
The middle class is an endangered species in New York. Household incomes for middle-class families in the Empire State grew by 4.4 percent over the past five years — roughly half of the gain...
View ArticleTrump will boost the American economy, squash global trade: IMF head
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund said Sunday that U.S. President Donald Trump taking office is likely good for the American economy in the short term,...
View ArticleAndrew Cuomo’s ‘middle class’ con job
Gov. Cuomo says Democrats lost the presidential race last November because they ignored middle-class voters. His answer? Don’t ignore them — lie to them. No joke. The state Democratic Party, which he...
View ArticleThis best-selling novel is pushing a dangerous message to teens
‘As we continue to fight the battle against police brutality and systemic racism in America, [this is] a much-needed literary ramrod.” That’s the first blurb on the back of Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U...
View ArticleWhy progressives want to protect fat cats against Trump
Savor the irony: Progressive politicians like Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo are freaking out over a key way President Trump’s tax reform would soak the 1 percent. Trump wants to end the federal...
View ArticleSchumer: Trump’s tax plan is not good for New Yorkers
President Trump’s tax plan would wallop New Yorkers and the middle class while benefiting the wealthiest, Sen. Charles Schumer said on Sunday. “The reviews are in, from economists to experts . . ....
View ArticleYou’re never too rich to eat fast food
Everyone knows that only poor people eat fast food. And, not surprisingly, everyone is wrong. The fact is there’s almost no correlation between fast food consumption and income, according to a study...
View ArticleAmerica wants tax cuts for the middle class, not for corporations
My July Fourth column was about America’s 241-year aversion to paying taxes and how tax reform — if done wrong — might incite people to act like their rebellious forefathers. Well, a new Gallup survey...
View ArticleJudgey about the way people dress? You’re killing America
NEWELL, W. VA — If you’ve eaten at a fine-dining restaurant in New York Ciy or Washington DC, you’ve likely been served on Homer Laughlin china. Artisan china is the kind of thing successful, educated,...
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